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Instrument flashcards

Printable surgical tech flashcards

Surgical instrument flashcards with real photographs. Print the 54 basics free, or study any setup's instruments as a deck of their own: on screen, in the app or on paper.

370+ setups, every one a deck
Printable surgical tech flashcards
Free to print

Print the 54 basics, free.

The 54 basic surgical instruments every tech is expected to know first, one card each, with the instrument's own photograph on the front and its name and use on the back. Print it, cut it up, and take it into clinical.

The first 8 of 54: see all of them

Setups

Every setup is a flashcard deck.

Commercial instrument card sets are the same for everybody, so half of them are instruments you won't touch this year and the ones you need are missing. Here the deck is the case you're about to scrub. With Pro, every setup's instruments are a deck of their own, from its real back table, with their real photographs.

  1. Pick a case

    Any of the 370+ setups, or one you wrote for your own surgeon. Its instruments become the deck.

  2. Drill it

    Grade yourself card by card. The ones you miss come back sooner, until they stop coming back.

  3. Test it

    The same tray as a practice test and a timed exam, so you find out whether you really know it.

  4. Or print it

    Any deck as a print-ready PDF, to cut up and quiz yourself on the drive in.

The apps

Your flashcards, on your phone.

Paper stays in your locker. The apps have every deck with you between cases, with the same account and the same Pro as the site.

CSTSetup

Everything on the site, in your pocket. One account and one Pro with the site.

  • 370+ case setups

    Instruments, positioning and steps for each case.

  • Every setup is a deck

    Flashcards of exactly what's on the tray.

  • 30 question types

    Trays, positioning, photographs and more.

  • Exam prep

    Practice tests and timed exams for the CST, TS-C, CRCST, CSPDT, CSFA, NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN, today's five free.

  • A plan for every day

    A daily lesson counting down to your exam.

  • Build your own setups

    No account needed to start; it syncs when you sign in.

  • Find any setup fast

    Setups and instruments in one search.

  • Log every case

    Your clinical case log, ready for review, even with no signal.

  • Clock in from the OR

    Your clinical hours, counted.

iPhone and Android · free to download

Instruments

Just the instruments, offline, with no signal needed. One account and one Pro with the site.

  • Five free questions every day

    And an instrument of the day to guess.

  • 9 question types

    Photo, name, use, safety and more.

  • Study your way

    By class or by specialty.

  • More than a name Pro

    How to check it, clean it and pass it, and where it's kept.

  • Beat the look-alikes Pro

    Side by side until they stick.

  • Track every instrument Pro

    Solid, learning, slipping or not met yet.

  • Timed exams Pro

    Up to 25 questions against the clock.

  • Turn it in 3D Pro

    At every size it comes in.

iPhone and Android · free to download
Free and Pro

What's free, and what Pro adds.

The printable 54 basics, every General setup and the whole instrument library are free, and always will be. Studying decks on screen and in the app, and printing every other deck, is Pro.

Free, for good. No card.

  • All 3,342 instrument cards
  • Every General setup in full
  • 5 exam questions a day
  • Your own preference cards
Scrub in, free
Pro

Pass your exam. Know every case.

Everything in Free, plus:

  • All 371 setups in every specialty: back table, Mayo and every step
  • Practice that never runs out and full timed exams for the CST, TS-C, CRCST, CSPDT, CSFA, NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN, with the why behind every answer
  • Flashcards on any tray, timed to come back before you forget
  • Every instrument card in full: the 3D model, cautions, inspection, how to pass it
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Every deck, in your pocket.

The CSTSetup app is free to download, with the free setups and the same account as the site. Pro opens every deck.

Or browse the setups on the site